Linked Motifs

Motif	Name	Description
a12	Eclipses: monster’s attack	Some creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, summer and winter, lunar phases) or irregularly (solar and lunar eclipses, eschatological events) attack the luminaries or shade their light
a12d	Eclipses: birds	A bird or birds attack or shade the Sun or the Moon during an eclipse or at the sunrise and sunset
a19b	By snail in summer, by bird in winter	For its sky voyage, the Sun chooses draught animals according to the season, riding a slow one in the summer time and a quick one in the winter time. Or a young man carries the Sun in the winter time and the old man in the summer time
a20	Childhood and youth of the Sun and Moon	The Sun and the Moon (rare: the Sun and a star, the Moon and a star) are two siblings who live on earth and then ascend to the sky being still young persons
a22d	The burned up persons turn into constellation	The burned up persons turn into a constellation or into the dark spot on the Milky Way
a28	The smart Sun and the unwise Moon	The Sun and the Moon are men. The unwise Moon tries to repeat dangerous tricks of the Sun but fails to do it successfully
a5	The Sun and the Moon are males	The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
b100	The acquisition of the sleep	Formerly or in a certain country the sleep was not known; certain person possesses sleep, is its incarnation or teaches to sleep; the sleep is a particular substance
b13a	Stream follows person	A stream of water (with a monster in it) pursues person who tries to escape from it
b18	Light in container	Day light (also warmth, the sun, the moon) is kept as a particular object in a container, under a cover, etc.
b1f	Two brothers: a winner and a failure	Two brothers (companions) live In the epoch of the creation. One of them is smart and selfconfident, another is weak and makes mistakes. They are not enemies and demonstrate their qualities in two or more episodes
b77	Primeval sky close to earth	Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
b7b	Waters from broken pot	Sea, river, waters of flood flow out of a small receptacle
c1	The collapse of the sky	Catastropic displacement of layers of the univers in the past or in the future is mentioned. Among variants (sometimes combined): the sky fell on the earth; the earth (the underworld) and the sky interchanged their positions; the earth turned upside down; the layers of the universe collapsed in one after another; they will change their place during the future cataclysm
c17	Fire pit for the people	The men of primeval community destroy most of the people and/or themselves in a fire pit or on the bonfire
c19	Acquisition of the sun	The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
d4a	Theft of fire	Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
d4f	Beaver or fish let themselves to be roasted	Beaver (in North American) or a small fish (in South America) lets fire owners catch and roast it, then revives and carries the fire away
d9	Fire and vulture	Raven or other big dark-feathered bird scavenger is the owner, personification, spouse, obtainer or stealer of fire, daylight, or the Sun
e13a	Sacred knowledge from under the water	Sacred knowledge, objects and rituals are initially obtained from the denizens of the underwater world
e14	Sacred knowledge from the dead	People obtain sacred knowledge, objects and rituals from ghosts
e5c	People from the sky	The first people or first anthropomorphic divine beings descend to earth from the sky.
e8	People of wood	The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood
f19	Dangerous frog paramour	After copulation with a frog, man's penis is injured
f5b	Artificial bride	Person suffests another a woman but does not have any or does not want to give her. He makes artificial girl (of wood, snow, etc.), sends servant girl instead of his daughter, turns into a woman himself, or recognizes his fault when he feels that it is save to do so
h4	The shed skin	Those who change their skin become young again
h7g1	Death is more fair and rich than God	Person (who is usually in search of the godgather for the newborn child) rejects God (saints) and devil but accepts Death who is more fair (or rich)
i63	Milky Way is a path of tapir	Milky Way is a path of tapir, or tapir is seen in the Milky Way
i83	The sky of birds	Birds, first of all vultures and eagles, live in the sky, usually at one or more layers of the upper world
j1	The vengeful heroes	Persons avenge the death of their father, mother or other relatives who are one (rare two) generations older than they
j12	Travelling girl walks across suitors	A girl (or two sisters) travel, usually in search of a proper marriage partner who lives far away or who has gone away. On her way or after reaching the place of destination the girl gets to some unpleasant suitors
j15a	Woman gets to jaguars	Setting off (usually in search of her husband, boyfriend or kinsmen), woman gets to the place of dangerous felines
j4a	Revenge for the death of the mother	A woman is murdered. Her son or children (rare: grandchildren, nephews) revenge for her death
j6	Children of murdered woman grow up with her murderers	Pregnant woman is killed (and eaten up). Twins are cut off from her womb. They should be eaten too but survive, live (unrecognized) in the house of the antagonists and revenge on them
k177	The travelling heroine	A girl or young woman sets off to find or return her fience or her husband or she escapes from a fanger and ultimately marries happily
k183	In what fish is the swallowed one?	Person cuts open all water creatures (vultures) or looks into their mouths to find the swallowed one or a part of his body
m29qq	Trickster is an anteater	In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is an anteater
m51	Meat in a tree	One of two animal-persons kills game. In the absence of the stronger one, the weaker one hides the meat to eat it alone later
m73	Exchanged excrements or vomits: who is stronger	Two (animal) persons compare their feces or vomits to know about the diet and habits of each other (who is the strongest). The weaker one gets to exchange the feces (vomits)
m73a	Exchanged excrements	Two (animal) persons compare their feces (with different purpose). One of them gets to exchange them
m75	Valuables taken off the vultures	Person attracts and catches the carrion-eaters (usually some birds) and thanks to this obtains valuables retrieves valuables (fire, woman, animals, etc.)

Similar traditions based on Cosmology and Etiology motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kamayura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 3 Tradition: Canela (Eastern Timbira): Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Cayapo (incl. Kubenkranken, Pau d’Arco, Shikrin or Xikrin)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Yaruro
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Nambikwara
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Bororo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Andoque
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 2 Tradition: Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)

Similar traditions based on Adventures and Tricks motifs:
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 7 Tradition: Kamayura
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Guarani: different groups of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina including Apapocuva, Kaiowá, Mbyá, Chiripá (=Ñandeva)
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Kuikuro, Kalapalo
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Tenetehara
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 5 Tradition: Wayana, Aparai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Trumai
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Wayapi, Emerillon
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Warao
Shared motifs (from a list of 10 less used): 4 Tradition: Macuxi